Need It or Leave It? Kitchen Appliance Staples

With so many products on the market to make your cooking experience less time consuming and more precise, it's difficult to decipher which tools are totally necessary and which ones will collect dust. I'm interested in your thoughts on the subject. Take a peek at the eight appliances up for consideration and let me know if you totally need it or can leave it.

I'm surprised about the voting result for a rice cooker. I can't imagine not having one. I use it all the time - for rice, quinoa, oatmeal, steaming veggies.... It's so much easier to throw everything in, turn it on and leave it while you make the rest of supper, rather than standing by the stove, stirring. (and the leftovers get tossed in the removal bowl, lid thrown on, and into the fridge.